Video-assisted pericardioscopy. How to improve diagnostic efficacy in pericardial effusions
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Video-assisted pericardioscopy. How to improve diagnostic efficacy in pericardial effusions.
OBJECTIVE To assess, in a prospective way, the experience with video-assisted pericardioscopy obtained in patients with pericardial effusion of unclear etiology in the preoperative period. METHODS From January 1998 to June 2000, 20 patients were operated upon with the aid of video-assisted pericardioscopy. On echocardiography, 17 of these patients had significant pericardial effusion, and 3 h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0066-782X
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2001001100002